08 BET Awards Re-Cap: UGK Takes Home Two Awards

The 2008 BET Awards took over Los Angeles Tuesday night (June 24), drawing stars in hip-hop and R&B to the Shrine Auditorium.

However, it was UGK who took home the most awards on the night with two -- one for Best Group and the other for video of the year for their single "International Player's Anthem."

"It's hard to do this with my brother not being here," Bun B said while accepting the Best Group win, joined onstage with Pimp C's wife. "We want to thank y'all for supporting UGK all these years. It's still UGK for life... Long live Pimp C."

Other top awards included Male R&B artist taken by Chris Brown; Female R&B artist won by Alicia Keys; Male hip-hop artist was taken home by Kanye West; while Missy Elliott took home honors for Female hip-hop artist.

But, the choice by the fans for the Viewer's choice went to Lil Wayne for his single "Lollipop."

It was T-Pain though, who won a trophy for his collaboration with Kanye West on "Good Life," that stole the show when he turned the ceremony into a circus.

"This industry is my circus," he said during his performance. "Ride with the ringleader."

Wearing a silver and black top hat, T-Pain -- who was nominated for a leading five BET Awards -- shared the stage with fellow nominees Flo Rida, Rick Ross, Ludacris and Big Boi, along with several people including fire eaters and acrobats, for his elaborate stage show.

T-Pain performed alongside Flo Rida for his hit "Low"; alongside a bare-chested Rick Ross for "Boss"; and everyone joined in for the collaborative "I'm So Hood."

The Viewers Choice winner Lil Wayne also delivered the night's most anticipated performance, and he didn't disappoint. With the help of T-Pain, who wore a t-shirt that read "T-Wayne" (the possible name for the supergroup they recently talked about), Lil Wayne delivered a medley of hits including "A Milli" and "Lollipop."

During Kanye's acceptance speech for Best Collaboration, he took it upon himself to congratulate Lil Wayne for his recent feat of selling a million records during the first week of his release of Tha Carter III.

"You scared me man," West said. "Congratulations on selling over a million records. And they say hip hop is dead."

A full list of winners is as follows:

Female R&B artist: Alicia Keys

Male R&B artist: Chris Brown

Group: UGK

Gospel artist: Marvin Sapp

Female hip-hop artist: Missy Elliott

Male hip-hop artist: Kanye West

New artist: The-Dream

Collaboration: Kanye West ft. T-Pain, "Good Life"

Video director: Erykah Badu and Mr. Roboto

Video of the Year: UGK ft. Outkast, "International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)"

Actress: Halle Berry

Actor: Denzel Washington

Female athlete: Candace Parker

Male athlete: Kobe Bryant

BET J Award: Raheem DeVaughn

Viewers' choice: Lil Wayne, "Lollipop"

Lifetime Achievement Award: Al Green

Humanitarian Award: Quincy Jones

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